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My Journey Home from Everest
Beck Weathers – Stephen G. Michaud: Left for Dead Beck Weathers – Stephen G. Michaud: Left for Dead Beck Weathers – Stephen G. Michaud: Left for Dead Beck Weathers – Stephen G. Michaud: Left for Dead

“I ​can tell you that some force within me rejected death at the last moment and then guided me, blind and stumbling—quite literally a dead man walking—into camp and the shaky start of my return to life.”

In 1996 Beck Weathers and a climbing team pushed toward the summit of Mount Everest. Then a storm exploded on the mountain, ripping the team to shreds, forcing brave men to scratch and crawl for their lives. Rescuers who reached Weathers saw that he was dying, and left him. Twelve hours later, the inexplicable occurred. Weathers appeared, blinded, gloveless, and caked with ice—walking down the mountain. In this powerful memoir, now featuring a new Preface, Weathers describes not only his escape from hypothermia and the murderous storm that killed eight climbers, but the journey of his life. This is the story of a man’s route to a dangerous sport and a fateful expedition, as well as the road of recovery he has traveled since; of survival in the face of certain death,… (tovább)

Eredeti megjelenés éve: 2000

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Bantam, New York, 2016
320 oldal · puhatáblás · ISBN: 9780440509172
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Brilliance Audio, Grand Haven, 2000
ISBN: 9780375505881 · Felolvasta: Buck Schirner
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Villard Books, New York, 2000
292 oldal · keménytáblás · ISBN: 9780375504044

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